Hobbyist's Experiment Creates a Self-Soldering Circuit Board

Long-time Slashdot reader wonkavader found a video on YouTube where, at the 2:50 mark, there's time-lapse footage of soldering paste mag...

Which Performs Better on Linux: Firefox or Chrome?

Phoronix compares the performance of Firefox and Chrome on the Linux desktop. They used recent releases (at default settings) for both brows...

From Halo to the Simpsons, Would Fictional Mad Scientists Pass Ethical Review?

From Science magazine: Cave Johnson is almost ready to start a new study in his secret underground facility. The founder of the Michigan-bas...

Finally, a solution to the Switch’s Joy-Con drift

Gulikit’s joystick replacements use Hall effect sensors that make them less likely to wear down. | Image: Gulikit After years of dealing...

Rust Safety Is Not Superior To C++, Bjarne Stroustrup Says

guest reader writes: The Open Standards site contains a new paper from Bjarne Stroustrup titled A call to action: Think seriously about &quo...

AltspaceVR is shutting down as Microsoft’s mixed reality division shrinks

Image: Microsoft Microsoft will shut down AltspaceVR, the social virtual reality (VR) platform it acquired in 2017 ( via VentureBeat ), o...

Elon Musk teases ‘higher priced’ Twitter Blue subscription with no ads

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Elon Musk says Twitter will roll out a new “higher priced” Blue subscription that doesn’t show ad...